08-Sep-2006  (yacht cruise)

• 'Hospitality Industry Veteran Mikhail Shamkin Named General Manager at British Virgin Islands Resort, Bitter End Yacht (Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance)
CHICAGO----Sept. 6, 2006--Mikhail Shamkin has been named General Manager of Bitter End yacht Club, the world's premier sailing and watersports destination located on the North Sound, Virgin Gorda, in the British Virgin Islands.
• 'Death penalty sought for two men charged in yacht killings (KVOA Tucson)
SANTA ANA, Calif. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for two men charged with killing a retired Prescott couple for their yacht.
• 'D.A. to seek death penalty for suspects in yacht owners' slayings (Contra Costa Times)
Prosecutors said Wednesday that they will seek the death penalty for two men charged with killing a retired couple for their yacht by tying them to an anchor and pitching them overboard.
• 'Death Sought for 2 Charged in Slayings (The Edmond Sun)
SANTA ANA, Calif. ? Prosecutors said Wednesday they would seek the death penalty for two men charged with killing a retired couple for their yacht by tying them to an anchor and pitching them overboard.
• 'Death penalty sought in case (Whittier Daily news)
SANTA ANA - Prosecutors said Wednesday they will seek the death penalty for two men charged with killing a retired couple for their yacht by tying them to an anchor and throwing them overboard.
• 'Cruisin' to the charms of classics (Calendarlive.com)
Cool salt air, bright sunlight and bubbling ocean waters do not make a setting usually associated with jazz. But the more familiar environment of smoky, dimly lighted rooms took a holiday Sunday morning during the 12th annual West Coast Jazz Party's Jazz Brunch Cruise, when more than 400 jazz fans embarked on the Hornblower Yacht Entertainer in a 3 1/2-hour cruise around Newport Harbor.
• 'Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (Boothbay Register)
Under the leadership of Robbie Roberts, we had another superb Captain's Choice Luncheon Cruise on August 26, to Christmas Cove. That's two in a row Robbie, and I bet number three during the September Shipyard Race will be just as spectacular.
• 'Miracle diver faked disappearance (Yachting and Boating World)
A missing diver who sparked a two-day air and sea search had faked his disappearance. Thirty five-year-old Matthew Harvey from Guernsey, who was rescued by a yacht on Monday, led authorities to believe he'd been in the water for two days after being hit by a powerboat.
• 'Death penalty sought for two men charged in OC yacht killings (KESQ)
SANTA ANA, Calif. Orange County prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty for two men charged with killing a retired couple for their yacht.
• 'Waters grow choppy for lobby's perk to lawmakers (Chicago Tribune)
They called it the "Congressional Cruise Series," featuring lovely evenings on a luxury yacht complete with "two large staterooms ... a deluxe entertainment center and an airy comfortable salon." They billed it, unabashedly, as a way for lobbyists to develop relationships with influential politicians.